Mariko Mori
Mariko Mori ( 森 万里 子 , Mori Mariko ; born February 21, 1967 in Tokyo , Japan ) is a multimedia artist .
Mori studied at Bunka Fashion College in Tokyo and works as a designer , photographer , artist and model . She moved to London in 1988 and studied at the Byam Shaw School of Art and Chelsea College of Art and Design . In 1992/1993 she participated in the Independent Study Program of the Whitney Museum of American Art . Mariko Mori lives and works in New York and Tokyo.
Mori mostly stages herself with unnatural contact lenses , extreme outfits, costumes and make-ups in her photographs and video works . In the early 1990s she began a series of photographs in which she satirized video games or quotes Japanese anime and mangas , stylizing herself as a cyborg figure or alien. Here she deals with the rigid traditional Japanese image of women; she caricatures it with computerized geisha figures and replaces it socially critical with her own fantasy figures .
Works (selection)
- Play with Me
- Tea ceremony
- Love hotel
- Red light
- Subway
- Empty Dream (1995)
Web links
- Mariko Mori at artfacts.net
- Literature by and about Mariko Mori in the catalog of the German National Library
- Search for Mariko Mori in the SPK digital portal of the Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
- the-artists.org via Mariko Mori
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mori, Mariko |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | 森 万里 子 (Japanese) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Japanese designer, photographer and artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 21, 1967 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Tokyo |